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  • July 2008

    • Racial 'Transplant Gap' Persists

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 8, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Racial 'Transplant Gap' Persists

      (Newser) - Financial struggles and difficulty finding donors—as well as an unclear “transplant gap”—make African Americans less likely to get kidney transplants than whites, the Chicago Tribune reports. Many remain on dialysis, making daily life harder and increasing the risk of death. “You can explain most of the discrepancy, but you still have a gap that you can't explain,” says a doctor. More »

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      health care  • blacks  • organ donor  • kidney transplant  • kidney  • dialysis

  • May 2008

    • Need Cash? Got a Kidney?

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  May 5, 08 6:17 PM CDT

      Need Cash? Got a Kidney?

      (Newser) - An Australian doctor says the young and healthy should be allowed to sell a kidney for $50,000 Australian (about $47,000 US). Otherwise, patients either languish for years without a needed transplant or travel to third-world countries where they can buy organs on the black market, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. More »

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      Australia  • organ transplants  • kidney transplant  • organ selling

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Transplant List Called Misleading

      Washington Post  |  Mar 22, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Transplant List Called Misleading

      (Newser) - Thousands of patients on a national list for organ transplants are actually ineligible to receive them, the Washington Post reports. One third of the 98,000 patients on the United Network for Organ Sharing list are either too sick or too healthy to get a new organ. Critics say including these "inactive" patients on the list is "deceptive" and "dishonest." More »

  • February 2008

    • Police Bust Doctor Heading Kidney Racket

      Hindu (India)  |  Feb 8, 08 9:58 AM CST

      Police Bust Doctor Heading Kidney Racket

      (Newser) - An Indian doctor hiding out in the jungles of Nepal has been arrested, accused of heading the country's largest organ transplant racket. Hundreds of poor workers were hoodwinked into selling their kidneys, which Amit Kumar then offered to rich clients in India and abroad seeking a transplant. The doctor will be extradited to India, where he operates an illegal clinic, writes the Hindu . More »

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      India  • Nepal  • kidney transplant

  • October 2007

    • Kidney Swap Might Abate Organ Shortage

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 15, 07 1:28 PM CDT

      Kidney Swap Might Abate Organ Shortage

      (Newser) - One woman desperately needs a kidney transplant; her husband wants to donate but is incompatible. Across the country, the same scenario. But the healthy spouses match the unhealthy spouse in the other couple and make a reciprocated donation to a stranger. About 230 such swaps have taken place since 2000, reports the Journal, and there's hope that the practice might ease organ shortages. More »

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      medicine  • organ donor  • kidney transplant  • waiting list

  • August 2007

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